732 



SWINE 



Exposition in 1904), Keep On 61015, Corrector 2d 87699, Thick- 

 set 71221, Perfection E. L. 71635, Perfect Perfection 80971, and 

 High Roller 84255 were in great favor. In more recent years, 

 especially since 1910, big-type hogs have commanded the atten- 

 tion of Poland-China breeders. The three big-type boars Expan- 

 sion 26292, Pawnee Lad 30853, and Big Hadley 40832 have 

 been termed " the fathers " of the Poland-Chinas of this type. 



FIG. 342. Mountain Bill 111963, a Poland-China boar of the big type, sold by 



Silver Brook Farm, Muncie^ Indiana, to E. E. Furver of Iowa for $5000. From 



photograph, by courtesy of Silver Brook Farm 



Other very noted big-type boars are A Wonder 47460, Big Timm 

 67111, Wonder 2d 75767, Long Wonder 66688, Disher's Giant 

 240655, Giant Buster 240657, Giant Wonder 94537, Longfellow 

 119997, Grand Master 67666, Gerstdale Jones 244187, The 

 Clansman 103093, and Evolution 331333. 



Prices for Poland-China pigs surpass those paid for any other 

 breed of swine. Some of the highest reputed prices occurred in 

 the summer of 1903, when at auction sales held in Indiana a 

 number of pigs were sold to companies of buyers on a shares 



